#CAA215#CAA215

#CAA215 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.145 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA215
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 21)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 2.85, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 68.71, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0008 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.145 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4152, 38.4539, 6.1610)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA215 #153DCA

analogous

#CA4715 #CAA215 #97CA15

triadic

#CAA215 #15CAA2 #A215CA

tetradic

#CAA215 #15CA47 #153DCA #CA1597

square

#CAA215 #15CA47 #153DCA #CA1597

split-complementary

#CAA215 #1597CA #4715CA

monochromatic

#5B4909 #93760F #CAA215 #EAC132 #EFD26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CAA215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CAA215 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA215

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA215	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AB22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.145 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd66',
    500: '#caa215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa215;
$custom-light: #dfbd66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.74,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA215

secondary

#667ED5

accent

#5CF830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA215

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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